Global warming – the greatest security threat

The greatest security threat to all of us is not terrorism or bird flu but global warming.

Global warming has profound security implications, which are too often overlooked and underestimated. This is a planetary crisis that confronts us with both direct threats and threat-enhancing factors.

These include:

\tSevere weather: Hurricanes and typhoons will increase in strength, length of duration and frequency, so will drought, floods and heat waves.\n \t